Social inequalities in tobacco-attributable mortality in Spain. The intersection between age, sex and educational level.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

First study of social inequalities in tobacco-attributable mortality (TAM) in Spain considering the joint influence of sex, age, and education (intersectional perspective).

Methods

Data on all deaths due to cancer, cardiometabolic and respiratory diseases among people aged ≥35 years in 2016 were obtained from the Spanish Statistical Office. TAM was calculated based on sex-, age- and education-specific smoking prevalence, and on sex-, age- and disease-specific relative risks of death for former and current smokers vs lifetime non-smokers. As inequality measures, the relative index of inequality (RII) and the slope index of inequality (SII) were calculated using Poisson regression. The RII is interpreted as the relative risk of mortality between the lowest and the

SUBMITTER: Haeberer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7521746 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature